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Brick Lane North

Middle area

North west Tower Hamlets. 8,189 people in 0.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Brick Lane North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£525,000
Joint 828th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,145
Joint 3,300th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
76.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Brick Lane North

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brick Lane North at a rate of 200.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Anti-social behaviour424
Other crime337
Violence and sexual offences322
Shoplifting177
Theft from the person97
Burglary74
Drug offences68
Vehicle crime55
Criminal damage and arson46
Robbery42

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Brick Lane North compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Brick Lane NorthMiddle
Median sale price34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from £338,500 to £824,640. The middle area is £474,900. Brick Lane North is £525,000.
£525,00010th most expensive
Population34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2021
Population: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 5,815 to 13,809. The middle area is 8,793. Brick Lane North is 8,145.
8,14515th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 0.0% to 65.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Brick Lane North is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage34 middle areas, Tower Hamlets · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Tower Hamlets34 areas from 65.2% to 97.7%. The middle area is 87.9%. Brick Lane North is 76.0%.
76.0%4th lowest

Is Brick Lane North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brick Lane North at a rate of 200.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 144.2 per 1,000 people across Tower Hamlets.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 120 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brick Lane North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (424), other crime (337) and violence and sexual offences (322).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Tower Hamlets

These figures are published for the whole of Tower Hamlets, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Tower Hamlets and not Brick Lane North alone. See Tower Hamlets

Average house price
£447,796
Down 14.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,000
9th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
Joint 101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.6
34th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Brick Lane North in brief

The median price paid for a home in Brick Lane North was £525,000 in 2025.

Brick Lane North had 8,145 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Brick Lane North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Brick Lane North, 76.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.